The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-09-02
AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA

counted thrice by the election board In the
presence of witnesses and both times tai
lied the same, to-wit: 81 for Sterner and
SO for Campbell. But the Republican does
not show any desire 10 get ut the exact
factsin regard to Democratic primaries
II 1t would do so, not only the Democrats,
but Republicans as well, would place more
reliance in its columns. FAIR PLAY.
MISS. EDs:-It is alleged that while the
delegates from Sugarloaf were In Orange
vile on Tuesday morning, the day Of the
Democratic Convention the original return
sheet of the primary election was abstracted
and another return substituted in Its place,
giving two delegates TO Campbell and one
to Sterner. How absurd this charge is
The abstraction of the original and substi-
tuition Of fraudulent return, In the man.
ner alleged, could only have been success
fully accomplished by the colluson OF the
three delegates and the Judge and Clerk of
the primary election, and then with the
risk Of detection from having given out the
returns on the Saturday, Sunday or Mon
day previous. OBSERVER.
EDS. CoLuMBIAN:--In the issue OF the
Republican Of August 25, is an article under
the caption OF us it True" (and right
here let us say we do not believe the editor
Of the Republican thinks II true) charging
the delegates Of Sugarloaf township with
falsifying the returns Of Sugarloaf town
ship. The article charges that the returns
from Sugarloaf were detained at Orange
vile for three or four hours and then and
there the true returns were distracted and
false ones substituted, and this was done
by the payment Of two hundred dollars.
The Republican claims 1t has reliable author
ity as basis for these allegations. Why
do they not say who paid the two hundred
dollars and who received itp We think
before they are through with this matter
they will find their authority the reverse of
reliable. There is no foundation at all for
the report. The truth is no one in Orange
knew then that the result OF the primaries
depended upon Sugarloaf township, and
so no one In particular interested them
selves In the returns from that township.
The delegate from Sugarloaf, carrying the
returns from that township, passed through
our town about q. m, but did not stop at
Orangeville at all.
The article is false and untrue, from be-
ginning to end, and the only marvel is why
reputable paper, such as the Republican
| claims TO be, would publish such sense
less and ridiculous article. For they must
| not suppose the voters and their represent
| atives fom Sugarloaf are fools and do not
know the law in the case and the penalties,
provided the article is reflection on the
honesty and character Of the delegates
from Sugarloaf and the friends of Camp
bell from Orange, and as one of the latter,
| we pronounce the charge malicious lie.
We think we know where the report
originated and have only this to say, that
Pet has, 'if such were possible" only low.
cred himself, in the estimation OF the vot-
ers Of Orange, by the publication Of this
article, after being fairly defeated in the
convention. A SUBSCRIBER.
| Orangeville, Pa, Aug. 30, 1887.